Augmented Reality Activism - Augmented Reality Art - page 11

Fig. 1.8 Mark Skwarek, Daz Chandler, and Ghassan H. Bannoura Erase the Separation Barrier,
See through the Israeli Palestinian Separation Barrier with AR (2011) Screenshot (Images
reproduced courtesy of the artist)
Fig. 1.9 Mark Skwarek, Korean Unification Project, Military structures and symbols of the
ongoing Korean War are erases with AR (2011) (Images reproduced courtesy of the artist)
AR allows protesters to go virtually where they never could in reality, such as the
Augmented Reality Korean Unification Project placed the first AR in North Korea
by overlaying a North Korean military outpost along the North-south Korean border
(see Fig. 1.9 ). The Augmented Reality Korean Unification Project used AR to erase
symbols of war and tension that exist in North and South Korea. The work attempted
to create a common ground by making a vision of a unified Korea at peace. The work
makes it look as though it is not there. The Augmented Reality Korean Unification
Project is another example of diminished reality. The creation of the project required